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~'y.:~ .. MAILS. 4.s.xtvEn--2. Waterford. 1) __ 11E-4 Gottenburgh, i Cadiz, Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Consols THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS Dlczaz FALSUM AUDEAT ? L O_N D 0 IV, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1809. We have received American Papers to tlie f: th ult. from which .we have made the following ex- tract :-.-- " NEW YORK, AUG. 19. " Mr. Secretary SMITH received, on the 14th inst: from. Mr. ERSKINE, a. long and .very satis faaory letter, in answer to one of the 9th inst. in which Mr. SMITH had respea'ully requested a can did explanation as to the conversation which Mr. CANNING'S dispatch o . f the 23d _January had im puted to Mr. MADISON, Mt. GALLATIN, and himself. Mr. ERSKINE' has, moreoter, in this letter stated the reasons which, in the exercise of the discretion given- him, had induced him not to lay instruCtions before the Government of the United States. These Papers will, no doubt, be coMmuni cated in due time to Congress." Private accounts are also said to have ,becn receiv ed, which state that Mr. JACKEpti has been most favourably received, and that the order for enforcing the Non-Inteicourse Aa has been rescinded., ! --We do not, however, pledge OUrselves for the truth of this statement.- We have received accounts from Barhadoes to the 19th ult. They state, that .Fort Bourbon, Mani - nique, had been demolished by order of our Com mander in Chief, and that our Garrison there were remarkably healthy. The Feliclid frigate had ar rived safe at Antigua, but much injured in a gale o f wind. No answers have yet been received from Lords Gr,ENytt.r.E. or GREY, but the former is expeeted in town in the course of this day We are happy to state that accounts have reached the Admiralty that the whole :4 the Spanish Fleet \in Ferrol gave been cotnpletrly fitted out for sea, by a Squadron sent for that purpose from the Tagus, and the last ship wailed for Cadiz on the ifith The Prince Ernest packet is arrived at Falmouth sailed froin Malta the' loth August, and from Gib raltar the loth inst. The Mails will be delivered to-morrow. The report which we present to our Readers of the proceedings in the . Coturnop.Council yesterday obviates the necessity of any comment on the sub iea. We have, however, a few words to iiay, and but a few. The .chief opponent of the intended_ celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of his MA JESTY'S Accession to the Throne was, as might be expe&ed, Mr. WAITEIMAN. This speaker, as on a recent occasion of the same 'nein:l.e, favoured the Meeting'with all he could gather together of the un fortunate, events which have occurred during the present reign ; but it is somewhat strange, that alter so copious an account as he gave, he should have concluded with stating, in his proposed Amendment, that " the City knew how to distinguish between the beneficent intentions of his MAJESTY and jhe profli gate and wicked system of his advisers." Surely then if the City has a full conviaion of 'the beneficent intentions of His MAJESTY, and all mankind must be inenessed with the same convi&ion, it is but a duty of loyal respea to congratulate a good King on so very rare an occasion as the Fiftieth Anniver sary of a Reign. _The, question is no.: of apolitical. nature, but relates merely to His MAJESTY, and it might have been eepeaed that even Mr. WAITH MAN would have shewn sou re regard to consistency, and would not have objected to pa/ a. tribute of re sped to a Monarch whose beneficent intentions he himself adrnitied. .With respect to a Dinner on the occasion, though the times are hard, yet the elpence cannot fel . l heavy on the first City ie the world, and that exp.ence, too, will circulge among ourselves. It was a liberal proposal of Mr. MAWMAN, that each individual should contribute to the expence e but we con.eive, that, for the honour of the City, as well as in compliment to His MAJESTY, it should be an as of the Corporation ;—an. as that evinces its high sense of virtue, and its zealous promptitude to ren der it due homage. It is, remarkable enough, that in the course of the piesent year a Jubilee is to be celebrAted throughout the wh‘le extensiveiEmpire of China; on the otca ii.o4 of the Emperor KIA-KING having attained the both year of 'his age. In that empire there are to. demaEogues to oppose the hancrar.s..l l lPMio be be.: stowed by a gratefal people on a revered' Sovertign who has only attained as many years of age as our beloved Sovereign has wielded the sceptre. Yesterday her . Royal Highness the' Princess of 4 ALes . entertained the Duke of BRUNSWICK, the Duchess of BRUNSWICK, the Countess of EFFING HAM, Lady WILLOUGHBY, &c. with an elegant din ner, at her seat at Blackheath. Yesterday the Duke of PORTLAND arrived in town from Bulstrode, and in the evening his Grace enter• tained the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earls of C.,61 DEN, LIVERPOOL, WESTMORLAND, BATHURST, and HARROWBY ; Mr. PERCEVAL, &c. with an elegant dinner, at his house, in Piccadilly. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, at which were present the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls CAMDEN,, CHATHAM, LIVERPOOL, WESTMOIS„LAND, HARROWBY, and BATHURST, Lord 11.117D9RAvE, and LEVESON GOWER, and the CHANCELLOR Ot the ,EX CHEQUER. -It is extraordinary that so long a period should have elapsed without any -intelligence having arrived of the result of the negociations at Altenburg!). The latest accounts we have had from Paris and Vienna, are dated about three weeks ago. An American vessel has arrived within these few days from .13our deaux, bin we believe she brought no Paris. Jour nals. The Captain reports, . that when he sailed it was believed that Peace had been concluded between France and fiusttia; but nothing had been officially published on that subjeet.—Large reinforcements of troops, he says„ were on their march to Spain. Letters have been received from the Cape of G ood Hope dated in May last. We have before noticed the means which have been adopted by the present Governor tolacilitate the intercourse with the inte rior of Africa. We hear that many advantages :are expeeted to be derived from it, both as procuring a source of supply for the garrison sand inhabitants of the Cape, and as providing a new market for the sale of our mat-tut - ad o res, which in some of the po pulous distriets may be prodigiously extensive. Our West India letters state, that at Barbadoes the troops are healthy ; and the Commander iii Chief is looking ;or the arrival Sir George Prevost„ with the troops from Halifax., to updertake'en ex pedition against Guadarntipe. — The works it Itie; - tinique have been repaired, and the garrison:of that island consists of the 13th Foot, in huts; the' 60th Regiment, 3d Battalion, in Fort Royal ; the 63d Regiment, at St. Pierre's ; the 4th Westlndia 4t.;- g itnent, in Fort Edward's a strong Petachment of Artillery, in Fort Dessaix. Sir George Beckwith was coming home, and a new Commander in Chief was expected from Eng land. It Was, the 82d regiment that, on the Ist of Au gust, drove the French from near Middleburgh . to the very gates of Flushing, taking Troth them all their artillery, and about 250 prisoners. The loss of the 82d regiment on this occasion was 3 rank and sle killed, 2 Lieutenants, 2 S,erjeants, and724wrank and file wounded: Major-General Pratt - is now at Middleburgh, having gone over froth Ireland tO:at tend his son, Li,utenant Pratt, of the Et2d regiment, whose thigh was broken by a musket shot, on the lst of August. • That Aile regiment of heavy dragoons, the Royals, as well as several regiments from Ireland, have, ac cording to recent intelligenCe, arrived in the "Tagus, and marched to join .Lord Wellington. Several ot the regiments in this country are very sickly at : present, particularly the 02d, 82d, 42J, and the 431. _ More troops are encamping at Portsmouth. Be sides the Inverness, Worcester, and Renfrew, Gen. Whetham means to encamp the Ross-shire, Oxford,. Northampton, and Durham Militias. The dignity of Marquis is conferred on I\l.arshal Beresford by the Viceregent in Portugalbut it was reported - that he was about to resign the corn- mand,of the army. The Hon. General COLE has arrived at Ports, mouth, to join the army in P9rtugal. It i,..5 - sa.4 that a payt . of the force' in that country will 'be embarked at Lisbon, and go round to Catalonia. Dr. BLANE left Brighton yesterday for Flushing, where he is gone by the direetion of; Ministers, in order to examine into, and report' on' the nature of the fever which at present exists at that place, Private letters from Spain express a. strong hope, that the Britisi) and Spaniards may concur in the re solution to make every possible effort to hold Ciudad Rodrigo. This place, besides being a sort of pal ladium in the minds of the lower 'classes in Spain, possesses important military advantages.—lt would greatlY facilitate the further projects of the enemy,. could he gain possession of it. CAROLAN, THE IRISH BARD.—The first comme moration- of this celebrated Bard took pike at the Private Theatre in Dublin on Wednesday last. s i ct:., veral admirable pieces 'of Irish Music were played and sung on the occasion. The vocal performers were, gr.S. Cook, , Miss CHRES.E, Mr. WEYMAR, Mr. Cook, Mr. SPRAY. The latter was universally encored in the following Song, written by sit sTE.yENsos That ER IN, thy fathers, so proudly defended, Now calls thee, my Son, to thi fields of their farnei . , Let valour and duty together be blended, And patriot virtue shall blazon thy name. For this do the helmet and breast-plate encase thee, And beauty approving, beams sweetly the smile ; For this do the arms of thy mother embrace thee, And hail. thee the pride of the sea.circled isle. These walls may be destin'd yo more to behold thee, The grey stone may rise o'er the bed of thy rest; Yet the sighs of thy trends, like a mantle shall fold Ow, And lull thee to Peace in the land of the latest. *:`,"l A few days back, one of the Spanish ewes . , lately imported from (hat country, yeaned a very . fine - . lamb in the Park, in the rear of the Queen's House, which is considered in this country i'singular thing at this season of the year. The lamb is strong and healthy, - and stems to thrive well. A young couple were married last week at Haver lord West, la Cumberland, whose united ages did not, exceed 30 -years. • The bridegroom . was 10, and the bride had . just attained her 14th year'. . • NAVAL NEW:4. DOVER, SEPT. signal for the enemy's pri ! . vateers being out has been flying the greatest part of the day; and by the reports of persons who ba4 been observing them . from the heights this evening l , it appears that no less than nine were seen standing , for the English land ; and from the state of the wea •ther, and number olvessels going down Channel, it is m'ich feared we shall to-morrow learn of several of them being captured. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Plover sloop 'of war, 'Captain linowN, from Flushing; his Ma 7 jesty's ketch Gleaner, from Lisbon, with dispatches; no particulars of which have yet transpired ; and the Swallow sloop of war from a cruize, and was imnie.'• diately appointed convoy to the eastward. Also ar 7 . rived the Denia, JONp3 j from Waterford, laden with provisions for this Port,' last from Falmouth ;. the Justinian, APFAIthEy, from , London, bound to Cadiz. Went up the Harbour to be , repaired, his MajeS ty'sship *Lazo/L . Arrived 'a gun-brig, with two transports; and the Arrow schooner, with three transports, from the westward. YARMOUT4, SE T. 2G.—Sailed the Dauntless and Pandora, sloops of war; remain it t tho roads the Roduck and Chanticleer. PORTSMOUTH, SET. (26.—Arrived, the Greenfield, Al`CAaTtlY, from Waterford. Sailed, the Nonpareil s chooner, of 12 guns, Lieut. J. O.ICKENSON, on a cruie. Came into the harbour the Curncatz, of 36 guns, and the Coguekte, of 1 guns, to-undergo repair. I. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 24.— ; -Sailed bis Majesty's ship Alonzo and Constant gun-brig with a convoy for the Baltic ; and his Majesty's brig Oppossam for .?orts7 mouth. Arriired his Majesty's brig l l ocust from the Putch Coast. 25 . .—Arrived his Majesty's brigs ~Tasper and Beagle from Flushing. Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Favaigit;-7. • • SEU. 26.—Came into. harbour his Majesty's brig Beagle. SEP.T. 26.---,S3iled his Mljesty's ships Sg pqrb and Dauntless, for I'oz:smooth ; and the Mon,- mouth, for Sheerness. •Sailed several ships to the Westwa.rd, but it is feared they will 13 ; 5; obliged to bear up z%aiu,- as the wind iG come frutn the -I;Nre-stwa.rd. Sailed a division of transports row the River. • Arrived the Mary, 41CADDDLEY, frotit S.evihe. SEPT.26.—The following vessels have put into Scarborough :---/iopeivell, ANDELISuN, frUin this, port, having split all her sails; Itgifilkrtg, MAsoN, from NewcaStle, with. loss 6f anchor and cables ; Bergite, EGI,LAND, frotn Christians:and„ in Nor- Way, bound w London, with loss of tore-top.rnau. and sails. About three o'clock on Monday morning, the gale came on at Whitby like a clap of the thunder, and drove several vessels on shore or the Yorkshire coast, some of which - there is reason to fear, will be totally . lost. The brig Goad Intent, COVERDALE, of Whitby, coal loaded, was driven on shore upon the beach, behind the West Pier, at Whitby; the people. were taken oilt by the life-boat. Thevessel was got off, and carried into Whitby.the following day, her cargo having been nearly out. •The alive , TI,NDALE,'OI Whitby, is on Shore near Sand-end ; and the E,anners' Increase, BROWN, which had been deliver ing coals at Staiths, was forced on shore near the mouth of the Tees. The following vessels having received damage in the gale, have put into Bridlington, ;viz. Success, CE WICK, leaky ; Air Balloo7l, LIBBON, 103 S .of sail r; Raven, HUDSON, loss of fore-top-mast and sails; ADDOCK, loss of Ell tits and bowsprit; 111:zry "inn, SOAMS, loss of wain-inast. EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. PRINCE OF WALES'S' ISLAND, APRIL 2.—CapMrl i TURNAULL, in the Bee letter of marque, tell in with a:large merchantman bound to lialavia, from the . Isle . of France, with a valuable cargo, whiCh he took possession of; she is is said tO be the Resource. The Curieux (late Grappler), Mons. Pattoon, which; for UpWards of three months, infested the West coast, Six weeks of which she lay off Tap panooly Bay, captured several vessels, among which 'were the Admiral Rainier, MILLER, front Bengal;, Lebby Dappah„ ANDERSON, froin Negapatam ; a ketch belonging . to Cheltagong, PRICE ; and a' Portuguese brig, which had been a !Ong - while on the coast.-. It appears, from information received, that the prit. Vaieer had • been some time in expeaation , of an- Arab vessel, said to contain an immense treasure. , Captain ANDERSON upon some business having left the vessel, Mr. KINGSMILL, the Chief °dicer, fought the Via ieux nearly 2 hours, and was obliged to Surrender from want of powder. He is now in the King of Acheers service, second in cowman:El of his Davy. • A dreadful fire had occurred .at Radang, which consumed upwards of 50 houses of ditlerent de scriptions. The loss is calculated at 50,000 dollars. - The St..l.oze, a Spanish prize, is arrived from the Pele* Islands,, under the charge. of,Mr. CO TTRELL. The account which, has been circulated respeEting . . the appoihtinent of Mr. ROSE, jun. To the Govern them of Walcheren, is 'entirely unfounded. We have' authority to state, there has not been the remotest jtiteno{.4l. entertained of appoiutinz tyim tQ. any situa tion whatever in that island.• • ' COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court. of Common Council assembled in their Council Chamber, at Guildhall, to receive ' ;the report of the Committee appipted to inquire into the best mode of celebrating the Anniversary of his Majesty's Accession. A variety of private business, consisting chiefly of Petitions for Leases of bodies, having been dis posed of, Mr. Alderman WOOD arose to present, as the Chairman bf the 'Loyal Cornenittee, their Report. The worthy Alderman stated,' that in the COmMit. mittee it had been determined, after Much 'delibera tion, that the Corporation should attend Divine Ser vice on the 25th of OCtober;' that an Address of Congratulation to his Majesty should be presented, and that the - front of Guildhall should be illuminat ed. The Report further stated, that it had beets judged neither expedient nor necessary that the'COr proration should dine together in their teolleallve ca pacity.—(A laugh.) The worthy Alderman observ. ed, that having done his duty as Chairman in sign ing the Report, he 'should go funkier and. move that it be read ; but at the same time be 'did not Mean tosupport it. .In particular, he should object to any proposition for dining together. He had not the least objection to that part of the Report which provided that the Corporation should attend . Divine Service, and shoiald address his Majesty. He knew that in the pulpit political matter wass introduced, and it would also be introduced in the Address. _To this he would not object ; . but he should most de . cidedly object to the peace of the city being'disturb ed by illuminations. It was of the utmost impor tance that the peace of the city should we preserved. If the front of Guildhall, as proposed in the Report; were to be illuminated, it would lead to •a signal for general illumination. However much be might regard the Kin for his private virtues, he could pot consent to mix the topic of politics with. the ques. tion of personal regard for the Sovereign, especially when he considered the causes for mourning which many years of experience had furnished. Of late, the Expeditions had made many Widows and Or.. phans, - The worthy Alderman hoped some Mem , - bet - would Move that the, Report be taken into con.!' sideration, which having been done, Mr. KERNE thought there was no cause for cele bration stated' in the Report. Indeed, it had been drawn up in a style of inconsistency. Some of the MemberS of the Committee neither wished to go, to church nor to St. James's, and seemed, instead of shewing respeet, to spew slight to his Majesty ; was.. if 'possible, he asked, that the Corporation should all at once become so parsimonious that they would rather eat a Mutton chop at home_than dO it at their collectise e>wence ? It was well known they were fond of good eating and drinking—(4laugh).—For his own part; he won.ld rather forego a dinner on the Ltrd Mayor's day than : op this occasion, which was calcolated for more festivity. , . Mr. Alderman SCHOI.EY conceited that the Re.- port did not 40 tar enough. In order to avoid the deficiency in it, he would, if no other perso❑ did, tn?.l - e a proposition' for an Address to his Majesty. Mr. GitkFtT 11,S, in allu . sion to what had fallen, from the Gentleman (Mi..H.e.ine), asserted that he, had never iieen:that G:tritleman at St. Paul's his duty 411,6 p ai. - y% occasion.' „ . This ob4ervation called up Mr.• 1 - 111NEy who re pl ed that M•. Griffiths . bad asserted 'a v .-4 cry of order, order !) • • Mr. KEMBLeholied the Lord Mayor would not allow such personalities. • oTflits insisted that his loyalty was well known ; that the Report was draWn 'up ; so asto meet the o,h . jt..cts, which every, person had in view. It Was not foe the sake of a dinner that the'day of the Anni versary was to be 'kept, but celebration Was meant as a mark of respect try the best of tsovereigns 5 to -return God khatilts tor t bat ing preserved leis life for the hapPinesi . , ,4curity, and prosperity of the re.ahn over which he' presided. He thought the. Corporation might rejoice as well in rating and prayer as by eating and drinking. MS. DIXON proposed that those parts of the Ad- 7 dress to which no obj,e.ti,on arose, should be put to, the vote separately. lie thought there, could be no objeC-tion to an Address of Congratulatii , u to a 50 7. vereigti who had reigned over the country for forty nine years. With respett to the dining, there might be a difference of opinion. Be therefore proposed, that the report of the Committee should be read, clause by clause. On the question being put„ Mr. WAITIINIAN rose and stated, that he had s)gal,, ed iiis name to the Report, although he did not agree, to the terms of it, not considering it such a Report, as the Corporation ought to adopt. He condemned the ' for r noturt -o at l t i o y nc l‘ ii i:ve gt r i ' lo ottle Committee, iln easu ol (S w i r W. which C h tr 4 a vv t 12. a -Member, and asked the Court if that was a proof of the Baronet's loyalty. It was a proof, he observ ed,.. how far his loyalty would carry hirn* - - Mr. W. then took oceasion to adv.i..rt to. his speech in the last 'Court, and. t.h .._vsews which he took of the'conduA,9l Government during the present reign , . Iroch which he' inieried that no causes tor congratu lation arose; that to addresshii M would be ajesty to carry to the Royal ear hoods. He then, as usual, canvassed the conduft gross and intamous talse -Id)riosgsecution of what he term racelol, wars which had e e od :i Gs a t i l° l l : v d erdl ia st l a a lse i t t ir, r i t 'u ie :s s nat o ll'l l edl the coun , ry, not to be paral leled in' the history of it., He had no objeCtion to thank God for prolonging the life, of his 'Majesty, but to deal'ont congratulations tit the ti-pence of tLe people's happiness.' Having descanted at some lengths upon 'these topics, he concluded with moving ail ainendment .expressive of loyalty, but negativing the causes of congratulation. • Some personal 'allusions having been made by Messrs. Herne 'and Griffiths, the LORD MA YOIk re=. quested that Gentlemen would abstain from these - 2 • persßnalities.. , MAWMAIsI confessed that the Report did Da meet his expectations. He was irienalyto a fea st ' which he took the liberty of suggesting to the Lord Mayor Might take place in the Eqptian Had, at an e%pence of perhaps one guinea and a halt a head, NVkliell, With wine, could not cost m ore t han 1000 1 . Mi. Al: was concerned 'to hear sentiments of d,;s -'1,041-ifii.ity uttered by Mr. Waithnian, because,,when ,he looked round at the flourishing state of ;he king dom, he saw no occasion "for such Liespondeney. lie instanced the state of the turnpike roads, the incso sures, the agriculture, &c. 05 a proof of the incica:Og,